Truck.



'15. BELL & W. J. WILKINS. yTRUCK. *APPLICATION FILED I`EB.16, 1912.

1,050,602. 1 Patented 1211111913.

EARL BELL AND WILLIAM J. WILKINS, OF FULTON, ILLINOIS.

TRUCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14., 1913.

Application led Februaiy 16, 1912. Serial No. 677,999.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, EARL BELL and WILLIAM J. WILKINs, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Fulton, in the county of Whiteside and Stateof Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Trucks, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to trucks and the principal object of theinvention is to provide a simple and eiiicient truck for ware houses,storage plants, freight depots, and the like.

Further objects of this invention will appear as the following speciiicdescription is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, whichforms a part of this application, and in which Figure l is a sideelevation showing the application of the device. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, l and 2 represents the sidemembers of the truck which are connected together by bra-ke bars 3 and4c. Each side member is provided with a depending axle support 5 inwhich an axle 6 is properly secured and mounted upon the axle are thewheels 7. Secured to the upper side of the side members are irons 8which are separated from the side members, as shown at 9 to produceabutting shoulders 10. Beyond the attachment of the irons at a. point11, they are curved upwardly into barrel or box supporting arms l2,whose outer ends are oppositely bent and are sharpened, as shown at 13for a purpose to be hereinafter described.

Arranged in vertical alinement with the side members and extendingdownwardly on a diagonal line therefrom, and rearwardly, are bars 14Chaving handles l5 formed on their outer end similar to the handles: 16formed on the rear ends of the side members. These bars 14 are adaptedto act as supports for the truck when lying down and to obtain a greaterleverage in raising the truck, as will be hereinafter described.

The truck is specifically designed for carrying boxes or barrels fromplace to place and for arranging them in tiers. rljhe barrel is placedon the truck between the upturned ends of the arms and the shoulders l0and carried tothe point desired and dumped in the usual manner. When onetier of the barrels has been laid and it is desired to put barrels ontop of them to form a second tier, the sharpened end of the arms isengaged upon the top of the end barrel of the first tier and the lowerhandles l5 grasped and elevated, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to raise theentire truck froml the ground and with it the barrel carried thereby.When the truck is raised to a suflicient degree, the barrel carriedthereby can be discharged upon the top of the barrels in the first tier.This describes only one manner-of using the truck as it can be readilyoperated to discharge barrels into a wagon or upon a raised platform, orthe like, the sharpened downturned ends of the arms readily biting intothe platform, or wagon or barrel so as to hold the arms againstdisplacement from their support.

lVhat is claimed is l. Ina truck, main handle members, auX- iliaryhandle members extending rearwardly and downwardly on an acute angletherefrom and secured thereto, raised shoulders formed on the body, andupwardly curved arms projecting outwardly from the body and havingreversely curved ends.

2. In a truck, main handle members, auxiliary handle members secured tothe underneath side thereof and extending rearwardly and downwardlytherefrom, said auxiliary handle members adapted to form a rest orsupport for the truck when lowered, wheels support-ing said main handlemembers, and article supporting members mounted upon the side membersand separated therefrom to produce limiting shoulders, said articlesupporting members extending beyond the side members on an upward curveand having their outer ends reversely curved into sharpened engagingmembers.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

EARL BELL. WILLIAM J.WILKINS.

Witnesses:

DENNIS NANIGA, ALBERT M. BLODGETT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

